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SEBI notification of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Sixth Amendment) Regulations, 2023, amending regulation 61A regarding the Investor Protection and Education Fund.

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Vide notification No. SEBI/LAD-NRO/GN/2023/158 dated 20th October 2023, the Securities and Exchange Board of India, exercising powers under section 11, section 11A(2) and section 30 of the SEBI Act, 1992 (15 of 1992) read with section 31 of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (42 of 1956), further amended the SEBI (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 by inserting a proviso in regulation 61A(3) stating that amounts transferred to the Investor Protection and Education Fund shall not bear interest, and inserting new sub-regulation 61A(4) allowing unclaimed amounts transferred to that Fund to be claimed as specified by the Board; the regulations take effect on publication in the Official Gazette and were signed by Babitha Rayudu, Executive Director.

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6724 GI/202 3 (1) रजिस्ट्री सं. डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No . D. L. -33004/99 EXTRAORDINARY PART III—Section 4 PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY No. 723] NEW DELHI , FRIDAY , OCTOBER 20, 2023/ ASVINA 28, 1945 CG-MH-E-23102023-249654 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA NOTIFICATION Mumbai, the 20 th October, 2023 SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE BOARD OF INDIA (LISTING OBLIGATIONS AND DISCLOSURE REQ UIREMENTS) ( SIXTH AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 2023 No. SEBI/LAD -NRO/GN/2023/ 158 ─ In exercise of the powers conferred by sectio n 11, sub -section (2) of section 11A and section 30 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992 (15 of 1992) read with section 31 of the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 (42 of 1956), the Board hereby makes the following regulations to further amend the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, namely: - 1. These regulations may be called the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Sixth Amendment) Regulations, 2023. 2. They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 3. In the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 , in regulation 61A, - (1) in sub -regulation (3), - (a) in the existing proviso thereto, the symbol “.”, after the words “in terms of section 11 of the Act”, shall be substituted with the symbol “:”; (b) after the existing proviso, following proviso shall be inserted , namely, – “Provided further that the amount transferred to the Investor Protection and Education fund shall not bear any in terest.” (2) after sub-regulation (3), the following sub-regulation shall be inserted , namely, – “(4) The unclaimed amount of a pers on that has been transferred to the Investor Protection and Education Fund in terms of this regulation, may be claim ed in such manner as may be specified by the Board.” BABITHA RAYUDU, Executive Director [ADVT. -III/4/Exty./50 5/2023 -24] Footnotes : 1. The S ecurities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015 were published in the Gazette of India on 2nd September 2015 vide No. SEBI/LAD -NRO/GN/2015 - 16/013. 2. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listi ng Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) Regulations, 2015, were subsequently amended on: a) December 22, 2015 by the Securitie s and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2015 vide notification n o. SEBI/LAD -NRO/GN/2015 -16/27. b) May 25, 2016 by Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requi rements) (Amendment) Reg ulations, 2016 vide notification no. SEBI/LAD -NRO/GN/ 2016 - 17/001. c) July 8, 2016 by Securities and Exchang e Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2016 vide notification no. S EBI/ LAD - NRO/GN/2016 -17/008. d) January 4, 2017 by Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requir ements) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2016 vide notification no. SEBI/ LAD -NRO/GN/2016 - 17/025. e) February 15, 2017 by Securities and Exchange Board of I ndia (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2017 vide notification no. SEBI/LAD/NRO/GN/2016 -17/029. f) March 6, 2017 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Payment of Fees and Mode of Paymen t) (Amendment) Regulatio ns, 2017 vide Notification No. LAD -NRO/GN/2016 - 17/037 read with March 29, 2017 by Securities and Exchang e Board of India (Payment of Fees and Mode of Payment) (Amendment) Regulations, 2017 vide notification no. SEBI/LAD/NRO/GN/2016 -17/38. g) May 9, 2018 by t he Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) R egulations, 2018 vide notification no. SEBI/LAD -NRO/GN/2018/10. h) May 30, 2018 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Lis ting Obligations and Dis closure Requirements) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2018 vide notification no. SEBI/LAD - NRO/GN/2018/13. i) June 1, 2018 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2018 vide notification no. SEBI/LAD - NRO/GN/2018/21. j) June 8, 2018 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Lis ting Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2018 vide notification no. SEBI/LAD - NRO/GN/2018/2 4. k) September 6, 2018 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Fifth Amend ment) Regulations, 2018 vide notification no. SEBI/LAD - NRO/GN/2018/30. l) November 16, 2018 by the Securities and Exchange Board o f India (Listing Obligat ions and Disclosure Requirements) (Sixth Amendment) Regulations, 2018 vide notification no. SEBI/LAD - NRO/ GN/2018/47. m) March 29, 2019 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Ame ndment) Regulations, 201 9 vide notification no. SEBI/LAD -NRO/GN/2019/07. n) May 7, 2019 by the Securities and Exchange Board of Ind ia (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2019, vide notification no. SEBI/ LAD - NRO/ GN/2019/12. o) June 27, 2019 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2019, vide notification no. SEBI/ LAD - NRO/GN/2019/22. p) July 29, 2019 by the Securities a nd Exchange Bo ard of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2019, vide notification no. SEBI/ LAD - NRO/GN/2019/28. q) December 26, 2019 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Dis closure Requir ements) (Fifth Amendment) Regulations, 2019, vide notification no. SEBI/ LAD - NRO/GN/2019/45. r) January 10, 2020 by the Securities a nd Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2020, vide notification n o. SEBI/ LAD -NRO/GN/2020/02. s) April 17, 2020 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Regulatory Sandbox) (Amendment) Regula tions, 2020 vide no. SEBI/LAD -NRO/GN/2020/10. t) August 5, 2020 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2020, vide notification no. SEBI/ LAD - NRO/GN/2020/25. u) October 8, 20 20 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Third A mendment) Regulation s, 2020, vide notification no. SEBI/ LAD - NRO/GN/2020/33. v) January 8, 2021 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing O bligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021, vide notification no. SEBI/ LAD -NRO/ GN/2021/02. w) May 5, 2 021 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Second Amendment) Regulation s, 2021, vide notification no. SEBI/ LAD - NRO/GN/2021/22. x) August 3, 2021 by the Securities and Exchange Boar d of India (Regulato ry Sandbox) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 vide notification no. No. SEBI/LAD -NRO/GN/2021/30. y) August 3, 2021 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2 021, vide notificati on no. SEBI/ LAD - NRO/GN/2021/35. z) August 13, 2021 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosur e Requirements) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2021, vide notification no. SEBI/ LAD - NRO/GN/2021/42. aa) September 7, 2021 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Fifth Amendment) Regulations, 2021, vid e notification no. SEBI/ LAD - NRO/GN/2021/47. bb) November 9, 2021 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligation s and Disclosure Requirements) (Sixth Amendment) Regulations, 2021, vide notification no. SEBI/ LAD - NRO/GN/2021/55. cc) January 24, 2 022 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (A mendment) Regulations, 20 22, vide notification No. SEBI/LAD -NRO/GN/2022/66. dd) March 22, 2022 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligati ons and Disclosure Requirements) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2022, vide notification No. SEBI/LAD - NRO/GN/2022/76. ee) April 11, 2022 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Third Amendment) Regulatio ns, 2022, vide notification No. SEBI/LAD - NRO/GN/2022/79. ff) April 25, 2022 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2022 vide notification No. SEBI/LAD - NRO/GN/2022/80. gg) July 25, 2022 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requiremen ts) (Fifth Amendment) Reg ulations, 2022 vide notification No. SEBI/LAD - NRO/GN/2022/88. hh) November 14, 2022 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Li sting Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Sixth Amendment) Regulations, 2022 vide notification No. SEBI/LAD - NRO/GN/2022/1 03. ii) December 05, 2022 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Seventh Am endment) Regulations, 2022 vide notification No. SEBI/LAD -NRO/GN/ - 2022/109. jj) January 17, 2023 by the Securities and Exc hange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2023 vide notification No. SEBI/L AD-NRO/GN/ 2023/117. kk) February 7, 2023 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Payment of Fees and Mode of Payme nt) (Amendment) Regulations, 2023 vide notification No. SEBI/LAD -NRO/GN/2023/121. ll) June 14, 2023 by the Securities and Exchange Bo ard of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2023 vide notification No. SEBI/ LAD - NRO/GN/2023/131. mm) July 4, 2023 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism) (Amend ment) Regulations, 2023 vide notification No. SEBI/LAD –NRO/GN/2023/137 . nn) August 23, 2023 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2023 vide notification No. SEBI/LAD - NRO/G N/2023/149.oo) oo) September 19, 2023 by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (L isting Obligations and Disclosure Requirement s) (Fourth Amendment) Regulations, 2023 vide notification No. SEBI/LAD - NRO/GN/2023/151. pp) October 9, 2023 by the Securities and Exc hange Board of India (Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements) (Fifth Amendment) Regulations, 2023 vide notification No. SEBI/LAD - NRO/GN/2023/155 . 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